Cowes Week - Day 7 round up



10:17 PM Fri 6 Aug 2010 GMT
'Charles Dunstone’s TP52 Rio, racing with Simon le Bon among her crew, wins IRC Class Zero - Cowes Week 2010' Rick Tomlinson &copy Click Here to view large photo
Cowes Week - Today Black Group sailed in the western Solent, with classes starting on the Royal Yacht Squadron line heading east, while White Group headed downwind towards the east. After starting from the Black Group committee boat in the western Solent, Charles Dunstone's TP52 Rio took a fourth win to secure the overall series in IRC Class Zero from Sam Laidlaw's Farr 52 Bob. At the start of the day, Ian Matthews' J/122 Jinja was leading by two points from Peter Morton and Andrew McIrvine's First 40 La Response in IRC Class 2. However, Matthews was forced to count ...


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